Twenty miles outside of El Paso, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border, sits the Tornillo Port of Entry, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility which was selected by the Trump administration to be the first site for temporary housing for the overflow of unaccompanied minors and the children of detained migrant parents, under the new “zero-tolerance” policy.  A quickly erected tent city inside the facility is currently set up with 450 beds, according to NBC reporting, but is built for expansion. At the moment, it is unclear how many children are being held in Tornillo, but Reuters photographer Mike Blake was able to photograph several dozen teenage boys moving between tents yesterday as he flew over. Via NPR, the reporter John Sepulvado attempted to have a look inside the new tent city, but officials asked him to leave. He spoke with Texas State Representative Mary Gonzalez, who had toured the facility, saying that the tents were air-conditioned and she “felt the kids were at least safe.” The extended weather forecast for Tornillo predicts high temperatures up to 106 degrees Fahrenheit. For further coverage in the Atlantic, see also “Audio: Hear the Voices of Children Detained at the Border” and “The Outrage Over Family Separation Is Exactly What Stephen Miller Wants.”

Daniel Chung was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to the United States at the age of 12. This transition into a different culture is what has driven his work. Daniel’s body of work, Lost in Translation, explores language barriers and notions of communication. With a background in Graphic Design and Photography, Daniel incorporates aspects from each field into his work. Through self portraits and graphic elements Daniel creates more distanced and isolated works that speak to the struggle of miscommunication and cultural barriers.

Big data. Surveillance. Privacy. These are issues that are increasingly affecting our lives. Unsurprisingly, these things have also been on many artists’ minds, including photographic artist Marcus DeSieno. In his new book, “No Man’s Land: Views from a Surveillance State,” (Daylight, 2018) DeSieno investigates surveillance culture, questioning what it means to live in a time when our actions are tracked, logged and saved.

When I was commissioned to interview Paolo Pellegrin back in 2008 it was a turning point in my career. I remember placing a call to Pellegrin who was in Jordan, at 5am my time. When he learned how early it was he told me he wasn’t worth getting up that early for. Wrong!  Since then photojournalism and social documentary in particular has become a passionate pursuit that inspires both my journalistic work and my scholarly research. So when I saw this new work from my dear friend, I wanted to share it with Photojournalism Now readers.

Guymon, located in the heart of the Oklahoma Panhandle, with a population of about 12,000, is not known for its festivities. But once a year, the Guymon Pioneer Days celebration consumes this small town and pays tribute to those who first tamed the sometimes inhospitable terrain. “It’s just a celebration of what our forefathers did,” said attendee Jesse Martin, 67. “This can be a pretty harsh area. They went through some pretty tough years and stuck it out and had a lot of tenacity.”

Natan Dvir is a photographer who is able to navigate all aspects of the human experience, from documentary work captured in other parts of the world, to projects on climate change close to home. His latest two projects are wonderful observational studies of how the built environment and human beings interact, both are well-seen tableaux of the urban every day. His well-celebrated series, Coming Soon, looked at how massive advertisements in New York City set the stage for interesting juxtapositions.